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Hi,<br>
<br>
I am doing some research into filesystems, and I understand that you
are amongst the leading experts on the topic. <br>
<br>
I would be really grateful if you could help me by answering some
quick questions regarding Extended Attributes:<br>
<br>
1) Apart from the maximum number / size limitations affecting some
filesystems (ext2, ext3, ext4), as mentioned in attr5 / man5 section
of the Linux manual online, are there any other relevant differences
across the filesystems that may create problems in transfering
Extended Attributes (along with the files) across filesystems?<br>
<br>
2) Will the attr (also called xattr) functions work equally well on
all the filesystems that support EA? In other words, are the
EA-management implementations across the Unix filesystems
sufficiently standardized?<br>
<br>
3) As far as you know, is there any operating system, apart from
BeOS/Haiku, where the indexing and querying processes of EAs are
managed by the operating system itself? Do you think that this
particular feature of Haiku is a really a significant advantage or
not so much?<br>
<br>
I imagine that you are very busy with you work, and I would really
appreciate your help.<br>
<br>
Looking forward to your reply, I wish you all the best.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Tes Bezier<br>
<br>
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